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As the article says, he was freed by the
British Navy and he was taken to Freetown, Liberia. He probably got his name from agents of the CMS where he received schooling. As far as I know, not much is known about the origin of Crowther's European name, but it might be relevant that at that time in the
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References to the Niger expedition- I need to read more on this, but I'm pretty sure this refers to the Niger River, not Niger, the modern country/region. I say this because of the fact that he began working on Igbo translations after a later expedition.
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There is a character called "Ajayi" in the novel "Walking on Glass" by Iain Banks. The character is imprisoned, and learns
English and numerous other languages to try to escape. Sounds like this Ajayi may well have helped to inspire the character.
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As a freed slave from a boat, meaning no contact with new world slavery,why is it that he has english first name and lastname and not something along the lines of Ajayi Kuti or
Olusegun etc. any information would be nice.
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in 1860. Crowther was invited back to
England in 1864 to be consecrated Bishop of the Niger territories with eventual responsibility for the whole area from the Nupe Country in the north to the Delta states in the south.
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You're absolutely right. 'Niger' as used in the Schon/Crowther journals and the archives of the CMS of that period always refers to the river, especially the lower delta in what is today
Nigeria. —
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